Routledge Handbook of International Criminology (Routledge International Handbooks)

The Routledge Handbook of International Criminology brings together the latest thinking and findings from a diverse group of both senior and promising young scholars from around the globe. This collaborative project articulates a new way of thinking about criminology that extends existing perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders, jurisdictions, and cultures, and facilitates the development of an overarching framework that is truly international. The book is divided into three parts, in which three distinct yet overlapping types of crime are analyzed: international crime, transnational crime, and national crime. Each of these perspectives is then articulated through a number of chapters which cover theory and methods, international and transnational crime analyses, and case studies of criminology and criminal justice in relevant nations. In addition, questions placed at the end of each chapter encourage greater reflection on the issues raised, and will encourage young scholars to move the field of inquiry forward. This handbook is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students with particular interests in research methods, international criminology, and making comparisons across countries. Cover 1 Routledge Handbook of International Criminology 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Plates 14 Figures 16 Tables 18 Boxes 20 Notes on contributors 22 Foreword 30 Acknowledgments 32 1. Progress of international criminology 34 Part I: Methods and theories 42 2. Introduction to international research challenges 44 3. Doing criminology in the “semi-periphery” and the “periphery”: In search of a post-colonial criminology 46 4. International criminology: Qualitative research on polluted actors 58 5. Quantitative criminology: Crime and justice statistics across nations 71 6. The Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group: A decade of progress 86 7. A question of good governance? Developments in crime prevention internationally 97 8. Transferring Western theory: A comparative and culture-sensitive perspective of crime research in China 110 9. The legacy of INTERPOL crime data to cross-national criminology 120 10. Research methods overview: The missing pieces of rigorous research 131 Part II: Special topics 140 11. Introduction to special topics in international criminology 142 12. The impact of United Nations crime conventions on international cooperation 145 13. The United Nations and criminology 158 14. International criminal courts 167 15. International identity crime 175 16. Cybercrime and online safety in cyberspace 186 17. Immigration and criminology 199 18. Trafficking in persons 211 19. Trafficking in antiquities 225 20. Trafficking of “conflict diamonds” 233 21. Conceptualizing and studying organized crime in a global context: Possible? indispensable? superfluous? 244 22. Hong Kong triads 259 23. Ants moving houses – cross-border drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle 270 24. The production of ecstasy in the Netherlands 281 25. Drug violence in Colombia 293 26. The basics of terrorism and counterterrorism 307 27. The ambivalent role of Italian prosecutors and their resistance to ‘moral panics’ about crime 319 Part III: Criminology and criminal justice in context 330 28. Introduction to country assessments 332 29. Australia: the state of criminology 335 30. Brazil: The state of criminology 346 31. Canada: The state of criminology 357 32. Cambodia: A criminal justice system in transition 371 33. Chile: A criminological approach 382 34. Colombia: Crime trends, criminal justice, and criminology in a society in turmoil 393 35. Estonia: Crime, criminal justice, and criminology in a changing socio-economic context 409 36. Ghana: The state of criminology in a changing society 423 37. Great Britain: criminology and criminal justice 433 38. Hong Kong: The state of criminology 444 39. India: The state of criminology in a developing nation 452 40. Italy: An overview of criminology 462 41. South Korea: Current trends and issues in crime and criminal justice 473 42. Mexico: The state of criminology and public safety 485 43. Nigeria: Social structure, criminal justice and criminology 496 44. The Netherlands: The state of criminology 508 45. People’s Republic of China: The state of criminology 519 46. Russia: An overview of crime and criminology 530 47. Sierra Leone: The quest for justice and social cohesion 542 48. Turkey: The state of criminology 553 Index 564 This handbook showcases the latest thinking and findings from a group of senior and promising young scholars around the world who came together in an effort to broaden our perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders and nationalities Aims to broaden our perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders and nationalities. This project articulates a fresh way of thinking about criminology and to strive for an over arching framework that is truly international.